diff --git a/bin/.project b/bin/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 774b9070fb6..00000000000
--- a/bin/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>bin</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/bin/.pydevproject b/bin/.pydevproject
deleted file mode 100644
index b4c1448c08b..00000000000
--- a/bin/.pydevproject
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?>
-
-<pydev_project>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.4</pydev_property>
-</pydev_project>
diff --git a/bin/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/bin/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 47024727d26..00000000000
--- a/bin/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#Wed Apr 25 12:45:22 IST 2007
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//osv/orm.py=latin1
diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner.py b/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner.py
index 7b4790578f8..ecbba7b43e9 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/partner/partner.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class res_partner(osv.osv):
 		'lang': fields.selection(_lang_get, 'Language', size=5),
 		'user_id': fields.many2one('res.users', 'Salesman'),
 		'responsible': fields.many2one('res.users', 'Users'),
-		'vat': fields.char('VAT',size=32),
+		'vat': fields.char('VAT',size=32 ,help="Value Added Tax number"),
 		'bank_ids': fields.one2many('res.partner.bank', 'partner_id', 'Banks'),
 		'website': fields.char('Website',size=64),
 		'comment': fields.text('Notes'),